Data & Policy - an open-access journal at Cambridge University Press - is delighted to be the strategic publishing partner of the Data for Policy Conference (DfP). This page contains information for authors participating in DfP'26, which is to be held at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona on 8-10 September 2026.

Developing a Full Paper (after the event)

Authors are encouraged to consider developing their abstract into a full paper after the conference having reflected upon the feedback from the event. 

Authors should:

1. Consider which article type is most relevant for your submission 

2. Consider which of the standard Areas of Interest is most relevant to your submission (this may affect how the article is assigned).

3. Prepare your submission as guided by the Instructions for Authors. Note that we do have Word, LaTeX and Overleaf templates that can be used. 

4. Make sure that you've included the standard disclosure statements at the end of the main text and above the reference list: Competing Interests, Funding Statement, Data Availability Statement. For transparency, add a Provenance Statement that reads: "This article has been developed from an abstract accepted into Data for Policy 2026 and reviewed according to the standard Data & Policy process."

5. Submit the article via the Data & Policy ScholarOne site and choose one of the journal's regular categories for full papers. Identify that the article is for the Data for Policy Conference at Step 3 of the submission process, when asked whether the submission relates to a conference or a standard track. 

Deadline for papers developed from abstracts after the Conference: March 31, 2027

Earlier submission could result in earlier publication. Articles will be published as and when they are ready and added to a collection page dedicated to the event.

Why Submit to Data & Policy?

✔ A venue developed for and expanding the community working at the data science for governance interface, established by the Data for Policy Conference.
✔ Welcomes research, translational articles, commentaries and data papers, plus the Data & Policy blog for more immediate reflections.
✔ Well-cited (2024 Impact Factor: 2.7 and Cite Score: 3.6) and indexed in Web of Science, Scopus and Directory of Open Access Journals.
✔ Open Access with support for authors who do not have access to funding to pay publishing charges.
✔ Promotes open sharing of data and code through Open Science Badges.

Open Access

Any author can publish on an open access basis in Data & Policy if accepted, irrespective of their funding situation or institutional affiliation. There are no financial barriers to publication. Many articles have publishing costs covered through the Transformative Agreements that Cambridge has set up with universities worldwide. If the corresponding author on an article is affiliated with a Transformative Agreement this effectively covers publishing costs. Authors not affiliated with these agreements who have received a grant that budgets for open access publication are encouraged to pay an article processing charge (APC). However, if an author has no funding and no institutional agreement, the charge will be waived. Please do not let concerns about your financial situation or affiliation put off your submission.

Open Materials

Authors are asked to make code and data that supports the findings openly available in a recognised repository and to link to them in the Data Availability Statement in the article. We recognise this may not be possible in all circumstances. See the Data & Policy Research Transparency policy. Open Data and Open Materials badges will be displayed on published articles that link to replication materials, as a recognition of open practices.